Zone Leader in Monte Grande B Zone

Dear Family,

Well, I'm on now. And I have four minutes to write. Sorry. I'll have to hand write what happened this past week and I'll send them to you later, I guess. So the big news for me is that Elder Cowan is now the new Zone Leader in the Monte Grande B Zone!!!! WOOT WOOT!!!! Best zone in the world!! My new companion is Elder Borgerson. He's from Oklahoma and played football and lacrosse before the mission. He was in Elder Jarvis's MTC district and we're already the best of friends! I'm so glad to have a great companion! I've had way too many difficult ones for way too long! We have only been together for a day and only worked for three and a half hours yesterday and we already found four new investigators, took out four baptism dates, taught two lessons, fixed up four other lessons and got a reference from a member. He is great! He only has a few months more than me in the mission and he went up as a ZL last transfer. So we're both relatively new and we have a lot of plans and excitement to make our zone the best in the mission! We're pumped!!!

Alright, so we did get to baptize last week. Zoe and Shakira were baptized on Saturday between conference sessions. The first session I was busy getting some things organized and working for the branch that's when I walked into the Spanish room, I walked in just as President Monson announced the new ages for missionaries and I totally screamed!!! All the members were shocked and looked at me like I was nuts but I'm so excited and I know we're going to have sooo many more missionaries coming!!! There are so many areas that are closed in our mission for lack of missionaries. We need some serious help here with those new missionaries. Addressing all of Kevin's questions, I say wait till August. It won't put him too behind and having the experience in Argentina will put his mindset perfectly to enter into the MTC with more conviction and determination--especially if he has to learn another language! I Honestly believe that I was able to grasp onto the missionary life so quickly because I was prepared by having been to Mexico several times and seeing/hearing the cultural difference. Plus, four years is a long time. . . he he! :) 

Well, I am now five minutes late for a lesson with a lady we found yesterday. Got to go! Oh, by the way, we wrote today because everything was closed down yesterday for the holiday. It worked out just fine though! I'll be on for a little bit more if you have any questions. Make them quick! I love you so much! Take care in Hawaii! Chow!

Love,

 

Elder Blake W. Cowan